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Photo: Anibal Ortiz / KPCC In his latest effort to push for President Obama's second term and a Democratic Party-controlled Washington, former President Bill Clinton endorsed Southern California candidates for US Congress Tuesday night during a rally at UC Irvine. Clinton officially endorsed California Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, California State
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Maricopa County, Arizona, is not necessarily known for its open-mindedness, mainly thanks to its notoriously hard-on-crime sheriff, Joe Arpaio. Now, the county’s Democratic chair, Ann Wallack, has made her opposition to open primaries public via Twitter. On Sunday she casually tweeted, “[In my honest opinion] most independents are not
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Photo Credit: Max Whittaker California Governor Jerry Brown has started a state-wide tour to promote Proposition 30, which he hopes will pass in the November 6 election. Prop 30 is an important centerpiece of the California ballot and, if passed, the initiative should generate much needed funds for education, amongst
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Photo: Russell Yip Another bizarre move by Stark, 81, the Democrat House Representative that has held his seat since 1973, resulted in legal action this week. Thanks to the Top-Two open primary in California, the incumbent faces a fellow Democrat as his challenger: 31 year old Dublin city councilman, Eric
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Photo: Michael Reynolds Debates have always been an important platform for candidates to articulate and narrate their stances on the issues of the era. Like any art, particular moments in the past have defined and redirected its present form. Here are a few of these defining, great debate moments that,
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Politico recently reported that Governor Gary Johnson could actually be drawing a statistically significant amount of support from the major parties. Johnson, who is running on the Libertarian ticket, has previously run for public office on a Republican ticket, but most recently served as New Mexico's Independent governor.
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Photo credit: Charlie Neibergall(AP) Thursday's vice presidential debate got off to a heavy start, with moderator Martha Raddatz's first question posing the recent Libyan turmoil at the US embassy. The debate did not slow down from there. Social media was afire with vice presidential debate
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San Diego jails have been facing, and will continue to face, adjustments as the recent state-wide "realignment" changes corrections on all levels. The realignment process, implemented exactly a year ago, calls for nonviolent, nonsexual felons to serve their sentences in county jails rather than state prisons. Realignment aims
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San Diego jails have been facing, and will continue to face, adjustments as the recent state-wide "realignment" changes corrections on all levels. The realignment process, implemented exactly a year ago, calls for nonviolent, nonsexual felons to serve their sentences in county jails rather than state prisons. Realignment aims
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Credit: US Government There seems to be little consensus on the future outcome of Thursday’s one-and-only vice presidential debate. The Ryan and Biden face off appears to have no player with a clear advantage and, thus far, each competitor has remained very amicable to the other. One thing that
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Up until this point in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney has largely avoided providing a hard line stance on Middle East foreign policy. On Monday morning, Romney spoke at the Virginia Military Institute which served as a perfect backdrop for the presidential hopeful to define his global
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Up until this point in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney has largely avoided providing a hard line stance on Middle East foreign policy. On Monday morning, Romney spoke at the Virginia Military Institute which served as a perfect backdrop for the presidential hopeful to define his global